Charter Communications

Employees were on a scissor lift, engaged in ceiling repairs within the center tube of the tunnel. A dump truck struck the scissor lift, causing it to topple over. The injured employee was inside the scissor lift when it fell. The employee sustained multiple injuries, including fractures, a head contusion, bulging discs, and lacerations to multiple body parts. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee's telescopic forklift stopped functioning at an intersection of a temporary roadway. The employee leaned over to locate the fuse compartment. Another telescopic forklift backed into the disabled forklift at the intersection. The employee was pinned between both machines. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured lumbar vertebra.

An employee was in their personal vehicle awaiting instructions from the construction contractor on posting traffic cones. The driver of a motor vehicle swerved to avoid a steel plate in the roadway and struck the employee's car. The employee was hospitalized with four fractured ribs.

An employee was working on a signal device while inside the bucket of a bucket truck. A tree service truck with a folded boom arm attached to the top collided with the bottom of the bucket the employee was occupying. This caused the employee to fall from the bucket and strike the pavement below. The employee was hospitalized with multiple injuries.

An employee was inside a truck bucket, positioning it to perform maintenance on an overhead sign. A semi-truck in an active lane near the work zone struck the bucket the employee was in, causing the bucket to break and the employee to be ejected. His fall protection harness caught him before he hit the ground. He sustained a fractured left tibia.